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Bug 745018 - Duplicate locations in recent, search and trash views
Duplicate locations in recent, search and trash views
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Views: List View
3.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-02-23 14:22 UTC by Allan Day
Modified: 2015-07-23 20:11 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 3.15/3.16



Description Allan Day 2015-02-23 14:22:22 UTC
During the 3.15.x cycle, we changed the location column so that it only shows folder names, rather than the path from ~/.

I maintain that this was the correct decision, since it dramatically improves the most common use cases for search. However, it does introduce an issue in the recent, search and trash views: when files have the same name as well as the same folder name, it is impossible to differentiate them.

There are a number of possible approaches to fixing this bug, and it would be good to explore the options.

The most obvious solution I can think of right now - have the location column show more information for duplicate file and folder names. This extended path could show enough additional information to differentiate each file.
Comment 1 Carlos Soriano 2015-02-26 10:27:07 UTC
If I understood correctly, you are not sure yet. When you are sure which one we want, post it here and I will work on it.
Comment 2 Allan Day 2015-02-26 10:30:51 UTC
(In reply to Carlos Soriano from comment #1)
> If I understood correctly, you are not sure yet. When you are sure which one
> we want, post it here and I will work on it.

We can also use this bug to collect design ideas.
Comment 3 Carlos Soriano 2015-07-23 20:11:40 UTC
The decision was to use a relative pathbar. I think it's working pretty nice. Let's close for now.
https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=3f33d32b75b14d4b5f1fedd14a628e88fad4d332